The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is exploring opportunities for collaboration with tertiary institutions in the United States, particularly Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), to facilitate short-term study abroad. Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Mona campus, Professor Dale Webber, made the disclosure during the recent ‘Let’s Connect’ town hall hosted by Ambassador to Washington, Her Excellency Audrey...

Ninety-four students, who had unpaid fees during their final semester at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, have received financial assistance through the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation to clear their balances, enabling them to graduate. The details were disclosed by Principal of UWI Mona, Professor Dale Webber during the recent ‘Let’s Connect’ virtual town hall with Ambassador...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert- Flynn, is encouraging private-sector entities to adopt areas within public health facilities, to enhance the services provided. Mrs. Cuthbert-Flynn, who was speaking in an interview with JIS News following work done at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital on Labour Day (May 23), said that when private entities come...

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The 2022 International Joint Conference of the Society for Economic Botany (SEB) and the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE), (SEB-ISE Jamaica 2022) is being held from May 29 to June 2. The opening ceremony for the five-day event took place on Sunday (May 29) at host institution, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, St. Andrew, and online....

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) is inviting Jamaicans to come out and access its services through Mobile Justice Unit visits across the island, during June. In 2017, the Ministry of Justice, through the LAC, launched the Mobile Justice Unit initiative, which is intended to improve legal representation for vulnerable persons in marginalised and deep rural communities. Executive Director of the...

A sum of $298 million will be spent this year to transform urban spaces under the Paint the City Initiative. Making his contribution to the 2022/23 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives recently, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said that under the Initiative, significant work is being done to improve the look and feel...